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1800's foods A Trip through Britain with Puddings, late 1800’s through early 1900’s Highbridge, Somerset UK 1898 - 1911 History admin 

A Trip through Britain with Puddings, late 1800’s through early 1900’s, 1st Book: #22 Viennoise (Viennese) Pudding

#22 Viennoise (Viennese) Pudding Highbridge, Somerset in the UK during 1898 through 1911 Required: – 5oz small cakes of bread, 3oz castor sugar, 3oz mixed peel, 3oz cherries or sultanas, 1 oz of loaf sugar, juice & rind of 1 lemon, 2 eggs, ¾ pint of milk, 1 glass of sherry Mode: – The bread […]

1800's foods Andover Hampshire UK 1880s Daily Calendar Recipes Debenham UK late 1800's to early 1900's History Holiday foods Specialty Foods admin 

November 5, 1800’s; Parkin or Bonfire Sticky Gingerbread for Bonfire Night.

November 5, Debenham UK 1800’s to 1950’s Emily Moore Bonfire and Parkin November Andover Hampshire UK 1800’s  Parkin is traditionally served on Guy Fawkes Day in November; it is a spicy, gooey gingerbread type of cake but made with oatmeal instead of flour.  I am told this is specifically a Yorkshire Parkin recipe. Parkin                             1 […]

1800's foods A Trip through Britain with Puddings, late 1800’s through early 1900’s Andover Hampshire UK 1880s History admin 

A Trip through Britain with Puddings, 2nd book dated 1880; #14 Cholenohdley Pudding (Cholmondeley)

#14 Cholenohdley Pudding Pour a pint of boiling milk over ¼ lb. of breadcrumbs and ¼ lb. butter.  Mix it well with a spoon until nearly cold, then put 3 or 5 eggs and the whites of 2 or 1, the rind of and juice of a lemon, sugar to taste; put preserve of any […]

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July 23, 1931; Ice Cream Social, Caramel Cake and Chocolate Cake. The Olson Family Cookbook

Sauris North Dakota 1920’s – 30’s July 23rd 1931 Preparations for Ice Cream Social This forenoon preparations are being made for the Ice Cream Social to be held this evening at Otto K Olson’s.  Millie baked a Burnt Sugar Cake and I made a Chocolate Cake, which is not guaranteed to look red after it […]

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November 27th, Thanksgiving and Christmas recipes; Squash Pie, Soft Gingerbread, Fruit Cake & Kris Kringle Stollen

Newington NH 1940’s through the 1960’s November 1957 Squash Pie Soft Gingerbread Oct 1923 newspaper 1880s Franklinville NY Thanksgiving mincemeat pie and crust (newspaper articles). This article says it could have come from the Custis family which is the same family name that Mrs. Martha Washington, wife of General George Washington, got several of her […]

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Sarius North Dakota 1931 commentary for September 19th & Caramel Cake

Sauris North Dakota 1920’s – 30’s September 19th 1931 (Saturday) Our pleasant anticipation of rain has been blasted.  Mamma even had hopes of rain last night as it was blowing quite hard from the northeast and she said the moon had never looked so rainy to her before.  Besides, she said, “de I maan chane […]